GLENN KESSLER, Washington Post: "…there is no reason to hype the statistics — or to make scary pronouncements on pink slips being issued based on misinformation. Indeed, Duncan's lack of seriousness about being scrupulously factual undercuts the administration's claim that the cuts are a serious problem. Duncan made this claim not once, not twice, but three times. Let this be a teachable moment for him: Next time, before going on television, check your facts. Four Pinocchios."("4 Pinocchios For Arne Duncan's False Claim Of 'Pink Slips' For Teachers," The Washington Post, 2/27/13)

MIKA BRZEZINSKI, MSNBC: White House 'claims went from alarming to flat-out inaccurate.' MIKA BRZEZINSKI: "As the budget cuts kicked in effect on Friday, some claims went from alarming to flat-out inaccurate." PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Starting tomorrow, everybody here, all the folks cleaning the floors at the Capitol, they're going to have less pay. The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they got to figure out how to manage that. That's real." JOE SCARBOROUGH: "That's not really the fact. In fact, the office that manages the janitorial staff told the Washington Post said, quote, the president's statement was not true. The security offices confirmed the same: no furloughs or pay cuts this year, the president's statement, which earned him the highest marks on the Washington Pinocchio Meter, was the latest in the administrations poetic license regarding the effects of the sequester." (MSNBC's "Morning Joe," 3/4/13)

CHRIS JANSING, MSNBC: "[Republicans] think, frankly, the president overplayedhis hand when he laid out sequester scenarios, especially, for example, what's getting a lot of play over the weekend and today, this claim that Capitol Hill janitors will have to take a pay cut, which the Washington Post says is not true. What about the accusation that the president and democrats in general are overplaying this and have overplayed their hand?" (MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.," 3/4/13)

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN: "When we return, did the Obama administration exaggerate the impact of forced spending cuts?" (CNN's "State Of The Union," 3/3/13)

DAVID GREGORY, NBC: "So did the president exaggerate the case to try to win enough political pressure on Republicans that he didn't get it in?" (NBC's "Meet The Press," 3/3/13)

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC News: "So how do you respond to critics who say the administration is engaging in scare tactics?" (ABC's "This Week," 3/3/13)